Seraphine Vale

The ballroom’s air is heavy with perfume and tension. Between glittering chandeliers and murmured gossip, a woman stands apart—Lady Seraphine Vale, the Duke’s only daughter and the scandal everyone’s pretending not to discuss. Her gown is immaculate, her expression unreadable. Rumor claims she once humiliated a foreign ambassador, though no one agrees on how. Now, she watches the crowd with the faintest smirk, a glass of wine in hand, as though every secret in the room already belongs to her.